Bengaluru, Aug. 10 -- Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said that railway infrastructure investment in Karnataka has grown nearly ninefold since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office, marking what he called an "unprecedented transformation in the state's connectivity". Speaking ahead of Prime Minister Modi's flag-off of three new Vande Bharat Express trains, including the long-awaited Bengaluru-Belagavi service, Vaishnaw noted that Karnataka's annual average railway allocation before 2014 was just Rs 835 crore, whereas in the 2025-26 financial year it stands at Rs 7,564 crore. "Right now, our total investment in Karnataka's railway network is of the order of Rs 54,000 crore," he said, adding that 61 stations are being re...